After his early struggles within the NBA and G League, Bronny James is beginning to hit his stride.
Over his final three video games for the South Bay Lakers, he’s averaging 20.7 factors on 43.1 p.c taking pictures whereas exhibiting flashes of the perimeter defender the Lakers hoped he may flip into once they drafted him No. 55 general this 12 months. Moreover, Bronny’s three-ball is lastly beginning to join after he bricked 14 consecutive pictures from deep throughout seven video games within the NBA and G League.
Lakers head coach JJ Redick — a vocal supporter of Bronny because the Summer season League in Las Vegas — could not cease raving concerning the progress of the 20-year-old whereas talking to reporters on Tuesday.
“He is very coachable,” Redick mentioned of Bronny, through ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. “I feel he is obtained to get to the purpose the place it is OK to fail. And I feel he has an actual reservation to fail. And I feel a whole lot of that’s he is had a digital camera on him since he was eight years previous… He is had consideration on him, I am cognizant of that. I feel, as soon as he develops that, he will take off, like actually take off.”
Redick mentioned Bronny “has achieved something” requested of him by the teaching workers and has purchased into the Lakers’ plan for his improvement.
